The Church herself is, by her…WONDROUS SANCTITY and her FERTILITY IN EVERY KIND OF GOODNESS…a great and perpetual motive of credibility – First Vatican Council, Dei Filius Ch. 3

The Catholic Controversy – Part II. Art. III. C. IX. Sanctity of the Church (Cont.). The True Church Must Practice the Perfection of the Christian Life. (St. Francis de Sales)

The Catholic Controversy – Part II. Art. III. C. X. Sanctity of the Church (Cont.) The Perfection of the Evangelic Life is Practiced in Our Church, In the Pretended it is Despised and Given Up (St. Francis de Sales)

Index of Leading Catholic Indicators – The Church Since Vatican II (Kenneth C. Jones) – Wondrous Sanctity and Fertility in Every Kind of Goodness